Happy 2013

Finally, I have something to show! Unfortunately my slump has continued throughout  all of last year except the last two weeks of 2012, when my stitching bug has finally decided to return home!!!

I managed to finish the right mosque on Iris Persian Garden. I am very pleased with my progress!

Something to share

I started to work on the east mosque of Persian Iris Garden. The lower part of the mosque is almost completed. I am really enjoying stitching with the gorgeous blues. I think I'll stitch on this piece a little bit more before switching projects. 

More Portals

The portals on the top part of the design are completed except for some backstitching. I've really forced myself to finish the backstitch, but I was getting too frustrated especially since most of the backstitch is stitched with metallic thread. I am very happy with my progress.

The picture is not the best as I am having problems with the memory card of the camera and I need to buy a new one.

Top mosque

The first mosque of this magnificent design is completed. The backstitching with the treasure braid is a killer, but so worth it in the end, the sparkle in this part is amazing!

Over one

The over one of the mosque is completed! Gladly, it was stitched without a hitch  and quite quickly too. I guess you can tell that I do not like to stitch those tiny stitches!

Still on the mosque

I'm still working on part 7 of Persian Iris Garden. I am happy with the progress I've made, although I am not looking forward to the backstitching and the over one this section has!

First Mosque

Rather than keep stitching on part 6, I've decided to start on the mosque. I thought that it is better to tackle these two stitch intensive parts simultaneously. Maybe this way I won't get bored of stitching the same part four times.

Lots of backstitching

The upper left side of PIG is completed except for the backstitch of the iris flowers on the columns. I tried one and did not like the effect. Still, I am not sure if I want to leave the columns blank, I will try to stitch them at a later time and decide then. I also changed the backstitch on the doors in the background as I found it to bulky stitched as designed. This part needs so much work but it is totally stunning. Now to stitch this  part another three times!!!

Back in rotation

I cannot believe that I have not worked on this design all summer. I forgot how enjoyable and relaxing it is to stitch on a Chatelaine. One side of part 6 is almost completed and it will definitely get finished the next time I will work on this again.

End of slump?

After barely stitching all week, I spent the whole weekend stitching on Persian Iris Garden. Part 6 is so stitch intensive that I did not manage to finish half a quarter of this part. The colours are gorgeous, hopefully it will be an incentive to keep stitching. I am taking a break from this as I need to finish part 9 of Zentangle before the next part comes out on Thursday!

Another part

Part 5 of Persian Iris Garden is completed. It was a fun stitch and I stitched the four corners in a couple of days. From now on, progress will be slow as the rest of the parts are big and very stitch intensive with lots of backstitching and colour changing. I am aiming to at least finish half a part each month.

Iris flower

The first corner of part 5 of Persian Iris Garden is completed. I opted to stitch this part instead of beading.

A close up:

Done for now

Part 4 of Persian Iris Garden is completed for now. I hit a minor stitching slump while stitching this part  and it took me more than a week just to stitch the bottom corners. This is such a gorgeous part especially those rice stitches. Usually  I don't like stitching rice stitches but I loved stitching these. I used two ply as I preferred the look better than with one strand. I am not sure with how many plies they were supposed to be stitched, as the number of plies was not specified in the instructions. I will stitch the jessicas and the iris flowers at the end before I start beading.

More Persian progess

I spent the weekend stitching on Persian Iris Garden by Chatelaine. I managed to finish the columns and most of the greenery around them. Hopefully the next time I pick this up this part will be finished.

Projects that I will be working on in 2010

St Petersburg White Nights, all stitching is done all that remains are some specialty stitches and the beads but first it needs to be washed.

This is Chatelaine's Persian Iris Garden and currently I am stitching part 4.